Another Democratic Town, Another City With A Huge Murder rate

From the Detroit News: With a homicide rate among the highest in the nation, Detroit residents are more likely to be killed now than nearly 40 years ago when the city was known as the Murder Capital.
Homicides increased about 10 percent in 2012, pushing the murder rate to 53 per 100,000 residents. That's the highest among the nation's top 20 most populous cities and had Detroit neck-and-neck with New Orleans for the worst rate among cities with more than 200,000 residents.
Murders have declined nationwide for years, but by Thanksgiving, Detroit homicides in 2012 had surpassed the 344 tally for 2011. As of Sunday, there were at least 379 — putting the city on pace to have the most homicides since 2008.
With a dwindling population, that's the highest murder rate since the crack cocaine epidemic of the late 1980s, when it was about 60 per 100,000 residents. The rate is worse than 1974, when the city had a record 714 murders or 51 per 100,000 residents.
"This is a problem that just keeps festering," said retired Detroit Police Detective Dave Bashur. "It's a sad thing to see."
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121231/METRO01/212310325#ixzz2GcaXP5iP
Wow, those Democrats just love killing off their supporters.